Psalms 50

1 A Psalm of Asaph. God, [even] God, the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

A psalm for Asaph. The God of gods, the Lord hath spoken: and he hath called the earth. From the rising of the sun, to the going down thereof:

2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth.

Out of Sion the loveliness of his beauty.

3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

God shall come manifestly: our God shall come, and shall not keep silence. A fire shall burn before him: and a mighty tempest shall be round about him.

4 He shall call to the heavens above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people:

He shall call heaven from above, and the earth, to judge his people.

5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.

Gather ye together his saints to him: who set his covenant before sacrifices.

6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; for God is judge himself. (Selah)

And the heavens shall declare his justice: for God is judge.

7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify unto thee: I am God, [even] thy God.

Hear, O my people, and I will speak: O Israel, and I will testify to thee: I am God, thy God.

8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; and thy burnt offerings are continually before me.

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices: and thy burnt offerings are always in my sight.

9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy folds.

I will not take calves out of thy house: nor he goats out of thy flocks.

10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

For all the beasts of the woods are mine: the cattle on the hills, and the oxen.

11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.

I know all the fowls of the air: and with me is the beauty of the field.

12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

If I should be hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

Shall I eat the flesh of bullocks? or shall I drink the blood of goats?

14 Offer unto God the sacrifice of thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the Most High:

Offer to God the sacrifice of praise: and pay thy vows to the most High.

15 And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes; and that thou hast taken my covenant in thy mouth?

But to the sinner God hath said: Why dost thou declare my justices, and take my covenant in thy mouth?

17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

Seeing thou hast hated discipline: and hast cast my words behind thee.

18 When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.

If thou didst see a thief thou didst run with him: and with adulterers thou hast been a partaker.

19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

Thy mouth hath abounded with evil, and thy tongue framed deceits.

20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.

Sitting thou didst speak against thy brother, and didst lay a scandal against thy mother’s son:

21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: [but] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.

These things hast thou done, and I was silent. Thou thoughtest unjustly that I should be like to thee: but I will reprove thee, and set before thy face.

22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver:

Understand these things, you that forget God; lest he snatch you away, and there be none to deliver you.

23 Whoso offereth the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifieth me; and to him that ordereth his conversation [aright] will I shew the salvation of God.

The sacrifice of praise shall glorify me: and there is the way by which I will shew him the salvation of God.